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Julie Zhuo

What Julie Zhuo thinks about taste

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Co-founder of Sundial; former vice president of product design at Facebook; author of The Making of a Manager; writes The Looking Glass.

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8 dated positions, 2020 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Julie Zhuo has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingYou cannot A/B test your way into a really great product.

    Their wordsSo the other thing I would say that I really support is like you just actually can't make a really great product by thinking you can AB test your way into it.

    ↗From managing people to managing AI: The leadership skills everyone needs now | Julie Zhuoyoutube.com 13th of 22 in this recording

  2. 3 months earlier

  3. Our readingGreat taste is more objective than people assume.

    Their wordsBut great taste is more objective than we assume.

    ↗When AI Has Better Taste Than Youlg.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  5. Our readingSeen as prediction, human taste is far more vulnerable to AI than people like to admit.

    Their wordsSeen as a prediction engine, human taste is far more vulnerable to AI competition than we'd like to admit.

    ↗When AI Has Better Taste Than Youlg.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  7. Our readingAt the highest level taste is not just prediction but movement-making, and the most significant tastemakers take social risks.

    Their wordsat the highest echelons, taste is not just prediction, it’s also movement making. The most significant tastemakers take social risks.

    ↗When AI Has Better Taste Than Youlg.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

  8. 3 months earlier

  9. Our readingTaste is the ability to distinguish excellence from mediocrity, and the hand can never consistently produce better than the eye can discern.

    Their wordsGood taste: taste is the ability to distinguish excellence from mediocrity. The hand can never consistently produce better than the eye can discern.

    ↗The Death of Product Development as We Know itlg.substack.com

  10. 16 months earlier

  11. Our readingDo not judge a product's beauty by its aesthetics; judge it by how it made you feel.

    Their wordsDo not judge a product’s beauty by its aesthetics; judge it by how it made you feel.

    ↗The Looking Glass: How to tell if work is beautifullg.substack.com

  12. 4 years earlier

  13. Our readingTaste makes only a small ripple in a pond you already know; it is luck that sometimes carries it further.

    Their wordsTaste, that lovely thing, is simply an ability to make a small ripple in the small pond we are familiar with; sometimes, luck takes that ripple and propels it across other ponds and oceans.

    ↗Stay Healthy. Stay Data-Informed.lg.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  15. Our readingRather than coasting on intuition and taste, a data-informed person starts from the assumption that they know nothing.

    Their wordsRather than surfing by on intuition and taste, the data-informed individual adopts a beginner's mindset: Assume you know nothing

    ↗Stay Healthy. Stay Data-Informed.lg.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece